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# Job 36 (New King James Version)
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Elihu Proclaims God's Goodness
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##### Chapter 36
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###### 1 Elihu also proceeded and said:
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###### 2 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you
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That _there are_ yet words to speak on God's behalf.
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###### 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
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I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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###### 4 For truly my words _are_ not false;
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One who is perfect in knowledge _is_ with you.
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###### 5 "Behold, God _is_ mighty, but despises _no one;_
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_He is_ mighty in strength of understanding.
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###### 6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
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But gives justice to the oppressed.
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###### 7 He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
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But _they are_ on the throne with kings,
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For He has seated them forever,
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And they are exalted.
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###### 8 And if _they are_ bound in fetters,
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Held in the cords of affliction,
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###### 9 Then He tells them their work and their transgressions--
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That they have acted defiantly.
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###### 10 He also opens their ear to instruction,
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And commands that they turn from iniquity.
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###### 11 If they obey and serve _Him,_
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They shall spend their days in prosperity,
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And their years in pleasures.
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###### 12 But if they do not obey,
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They shall perish by the sword,
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And they shall die without knowledge.
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###### 13 "But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath;
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They do not cry for help when He binds them.
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###### 14 They die in youth,
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And their life _ends_ among the perverted persons.
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###### 15 He delivers the poor in their affliction,
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And opens their ears in oppression.
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###### 16 "Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress,
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_Into_ a broad place where _there is_ no restraint;
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And what is set on your table _would be_ full of richness.
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###### 17 But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked;
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Judgment and justice take hold _of you._
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###### 18 Because _there is_ wrath, _beware_ lest He take you away with _one_ blow;
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For a large ransom would not help you avoid _it._
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###### 19 Will your riches,
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Or all the mighty forces,
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Keep you from distress?
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###### 20 Do not desire the night,
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When people are cut off in their place.
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###### 21 Take heed, do not turn to iniquity,
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For you have chosen this rather than affliction.
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###### 22 "Behold, God is exalted by His power;
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Who teaches like Him?
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###### 23 Who has assigned Him His way,
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Or who has said, 'You have done wrong'?Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty
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###### 24 "Remember to magnify His work,
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Of which men have sung.
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###### 25 Everyone has seen it;
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Man looks on _it_ from afar.
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###### 26 "Behold, God _is_ great, and we do not know _Him;_
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Nor can the number of His years _be_ discovered.
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###### 27 For He draws up drops of water,
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Which distill as rain from the mist,
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###### 28 Which the clouds drop down
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_And_ pour abundantly on man.
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###### 29 Indeed, can _anyone_ understand the spreading of clouds,
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The thunder from His canopy?
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###### 30 Look, He scatters His light upon it,
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And covers the depths of the sea.
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###### 31 For by these He judges the peoples;
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He gives food in abundance.
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###### 32 He covers _His_ hands with lightning,
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And commands it to strike.
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###### 33 His thunder declares it,
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The cattle also, concerning the rising _storm._
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